Literacies: Reading, Writing, Interpretation

by Ken Smith

Book Overview

This impressively diverse collection contains 44 selections from both academic and nonacademic sources. Coupled with thoughtfully crafted pedagogy, these readings ask students to examine the knowledge, experience, and assumptions they bring to their reading, to interpret the selections in conversation with other readings, and to respond in writing. With the Second Edition, the editors have strengthened the book's emphasis on literacy as a theme, incorporated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393975371
• ISBN13: 9780393975376
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 864 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"